Security forces captured Abdulpattah Ismael, a member of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group, in a raid on a village on the strife-torn southern island of Basilan yesterday, said regional police ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Southeast Asian militant is suspected of leading an ambush that killed an army intelligence officer in the southern Philippines, Philippine military officials said ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine military says Muslim militants have ambushed an army patrol on a restive southern island, wounding seven soldiers. Regional army commander Col. Charlie Galvez ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Months before Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded retired Canadian mining executive John Ridsdel in the tropical jungles of the southern Philippines, they showed him pleading for ...

A deadly plane crash in the Philippines. By Amelia Nierenberg At least 50 people, including three civilians on the ground, were killed in the accident, and it was feared that the toll would climb. By ...